Native Dish:
Name:Griots (fried pork)
Recipe:3 pounds shoulder of pork, cut into 1- to 2-inch cubes
1 large onion, finely chopped
1/2 cup shallots, chopped
1 cup bitter orange juice (or orange juice mixed with lemon juice)
1 hot green pepper, chopped
1/2 cup vegetable oil
Salt
Pepper
Thyme
Directions:
1.Put all ingredients except the oil in a large pot and marinate overnight in the refrigerator.
2.Place the marinated pork on the stove. Add water to cover all ingredients and simmer for 90 minutes.
3.Drain the mixture, add oil, and fry the pork in the pot until brown and crusty on the outside but tender on the inside.
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One Celebration or Festival:
Carnaval a pre lenten celebration for Catholics, is a festive for daning and parades
Literacy Rate:
USA: 97%
Country:52.9%
Social Customs:
Socialize in groups and don't begin dating until their late teens.They also eat three meals a day if they can afford it.
When greeting eachother they do it physically
Recreation:
In Haiti they play soccer, have cock fights, dominoes, and cards.
Government
Type:
Republic
Leader:Prim Minester Jacques-Edouard ALEXIS
Independence:
When:1st of January, 1804
From Whom:France
Economics
Monetary Unit:Gourde (HTG)
Exchange Rate:Gourde per US dollar - 40.232
GDP:
USA: $39,676
Country:$1,800 (2006 est.)
Major Industries:
1.Sugar refining
2.Flour milling
Major Trading Partner:
Imports:US 46.5%, Netherlands Antilles 11.9%, Brazil 3.8% ( all 2006)
Exports:US 80%, Dominican republic 7.6%, Canada 3% ( all 2006)
Life Expectancy:
Men:55.35
Women:58.75
Geography
Climate:
Tropical ; semi arid where mountains in each offtrade winds
Physical Features:
1.A gulg, Golfe dela Goncave
A gulf that lies between two peninsulas
2.The Artibonite Valley
A valley that lies between the mountains in eastern Haiti
Environmental Issues:
*Extensive deforesttation
*Soil erosion
*Inadequate supplies of portable water
Haiti
1.French
2.Creole
1.Roman Catholic
2.Protestant
Name:Griots (fried pork)
Recipe:3 pounds shoulder of pork, cut into 1- to 2-inch cubes
1 large onion, finely chopped
1/2 cup shallots, chopped
1 cup bitter orange juice (or orange juice mixed with lemon juice)
1 hot green pepper, chopped
1/2 cup vegetable oil
Salt
Pepper
Thyme
Directions:
1.Put all ingredients except the oil in a large pot and marinate overnight in the refrigerator.
2.Place the marinated pork on the stove. Add water to cover all ingredients and simmer for 90 minutes.
3.Drain the mixture, add oil, and fry the pork in the pot until brown and crusty on the outside but tender on the inside.
Carnaval a pre lenten celebration for Catholics, is a festive for daning and parades
USA: 97%
Country:52.9%
Socialize in groups and don't begin dating until their late teens.They also eat three meals a day if they can afford it.
When greeting eachother they do it physically
In Haiti they play soccer, have cock fights, dominoes, and cards.
Republic
When:1st of January, 1804
From Whom:France
USA: $39,676
Country:$1,800 (2006 est.)
1.Sugar refining
2.Flour milling
Imports:US 46.5%, Netherlands Antilles 11.9%, Brazil 3.8% ( all 2006)
Exports:US 80%, Dominican republic 7.6%, Canada 3% ( all 2006)
Men:55.35
Women:58.75
Tropical ; semi arid where mountains in each offtrade winds
1.Bauxite
2.Copper
3.Calcium carbonate
1.A gulg, Golfe dela Goncave
A gulf that lies between two peninsulas
2.The Artibonite Valley
A valley that lies between the mountains in eastern Haiti
*Extensive deforesttation
*Soil erosion
*Inadequate supplies of portable water